Originally Posted by rockinbbar
Originally Posted by jwp475
Originally Posted by leomort
Mackay,

I was wondering why something such as the 1911 didn't get adopt by law enforcement after WWII and stayed with their revolvers. I always thought it was because of 1911's reliability issues. Good feedback!

A lot of police administrators didn't like the fact that a 1911 needed to be carried "clicked and locked" to the average citizen that looked scary.


I've had several people come up to me and ask if I knew my pistol was cocked... laugh

Me too. And sometimes when you say "yeah, I know" then you get a safety lecture about how dangerous that is. smile

Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.